# febre
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* febra (Valencia)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin febrem (“fever”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfe.βɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈfe.bɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfe.bɾe]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

febre f (plural febres)
* (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
* (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

#### Derived terms

* enfebrar
* febre tifoide
* febrós

#### Related terms

* febricitant
* febrícula
* febril

### Further reading

* “febre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “febre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “febre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfeˀb̥ʁɐ]

### Noun

febre c
* indefinite plural of feber

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* frebe

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin febris, febrem (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛbɾe/ [ˈfɛ.β̞ɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɛbɾe
* Hyphenation: fe‧bre

### Noun

febre f (plural febres)
* (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
    Synonym: fogaxe
* (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

#### Related terms

* febril

#### Further reading

* “febre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “febre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “febre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “febre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “febre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “febre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Noun

febre (plural febres)
* fever (raised body temperature)

## Latin
### Noun

febre
* ablative singular of febris

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever, from Latin febris (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ.bɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ.bɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ.bɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɛ.bɾɨ/ [ˈfɛ.βɾɨ]
* Hyphenation: fe‧bre

### Noun

febre f (plural febres)
* (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
    O doutor disse que o rapaz está com febre.The doctor said the boy has a fever.
* (figuratively) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
    Esse estilo musical está se tornando uma febre.This musical style is becoming a craze.

#### Derived terms

* febre aftosa
* febre amarela
* febre de feno
* febre de Malta
* febre de Oroya
* febre do Mediterrâneo
* febre faringoconjuntival
* febre maculosa
* febre miliar
* febre ondulante
* febre palustre
* febre puerperal
* febre Q
* febre reumática
* febre tifoide
* febrento
* febrezinha (diminutive)
* febrinha (diminutive)
* febrona (augmentative)

#### Related terms

* febril

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfebre]

### Noun

febre f
* inflection of febră:
** indefinite plural
** indefinite genitive/dative singular